I'd read that thread at Dancetech too - the wording of the disclosure at
MP3.com is a bit dodgy, i.e., subject to interpretation. I think you'll
probably be okay. A couple of my friends and acquaintances here in the
U.S. are beginning to promote themselves on MP3.com.
I know of one Euro musician that posts to MP3.com regularly - Master
Zap. He's the fellow who wrote Stomper and Little Drummer Boy.
http://www.Master-Zap.com/ OT: Stomper is pretty cool for building
whacked out drum sounds - it's built into the ASR-X Pro. No Mac version
though - only Win.
On the ASR-X List Zap once mentioned that he'd made a few dollars off
MP3.com but certainly nothing to write home about. If you're serious
about promoting yourself you really have to work at it and not just sit
back and let MP3.com do the 'work' for you. Spamming mailing lists with
the URL to your latest opus isn't necessarily the best way either -
unless you're a regular contributor / participant you're likely to get
ignored :-/
Peter's probably pretty close or 'on the money' - ha haha - regarding
payments. There are always good news / bad news stories regarding payments.
A couple of alternatives you may want to check out are:
http://www.liquidaudio.comhttp://www.riffage.comhttp://www.iuma.comRegards,
Jon
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